योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-4, chapter-57, verse-7

एकस्मिन्विद्यतेऽध्वान्ते नीहार इव भास्करे ।
इदं प्रथममेवाच्छे कथमात्मनि संस्थितम् ॥ ७ ॥

ekasminvidyate'dhvānte nīhāra iva bhāskare ,
idaṃ prathamamevācche kathamātmani saṃsthitam 7

7. ekasmin vidyate adhvānte nīhāraḥ iva bhāskare
idam prathamam eva acche katham ātmani saṃsthitam

7. nīhāraḥ iva bhāskare,
ekasmin adhvānte idam vidyate.
katham prathamam eva acche ātmani saṃsthitam?

7. Just as mist (nīhāra) appears in the sun (bhāskara), this (idam) exists in profound darkness (adhvānte) within the one (Self). How can this original, pure (accha) [reality] be established in the Self (ātman)?

Words meanings summery:

• एकस्मिन् (ekasmin) - in the one (Self) (in one, in the one, in a single)

• विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found, is

• अध्वान्ते (adhvānte) - in darkness, in deep darkness, in obscurity

• नीहारः (nīhāraḥ) - mist, fog, dew

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• भास्करे (bhāskare) - in the sun, in the sun's rays

• इदम् (idam) - this (phenomenon of illusion/darkness) (this, here)

• प्रथमम् (prathamam) - first, primary, original

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

• अच्छे (acche) - pure (reality/nature) (pure, clear, transparent)

• कथम् (katham) - how, why

• आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the Self, in the soul, in the essence

• संस्थितम् (saṁsthitam) - established, fixed, placed

Words meanings and morphology

एकस्मिन् (ekasmin) - in the one (Self) (in one, in the one, in a single)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, sole

Note: Locative singular masculine, referring to ātman.

विद्यते (vidyate) - exists, is found, is

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of vid

Root: vid (class 4)

Note: Present 3rd person singular middle voice.

अध्वान्ते (adhvānte) - in darkness, in deep darkness, in obscurity

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of adhvānta

adhvānta - deep darkness, profound gloom, obscurity

Note: Locative singular neuter.

नीहारः (nīhāraḥ) - mist, fog, dew

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nīhāra

nīhāra - mist, fog, dew, frost

Note: Nominative singular masculine.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

भास्करे (bhāskare) - in the sun, in the sun's rays

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of bhāskara

bhāskara - sun, sun god

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhās+kara)

• bhās – light, splendor
  noun (neuter)
• kara – making, doing, ray
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'kṛ' (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Locative singular masculine.

इदम् (idam) - this (phenomenon of illusion/darkness) (this, here)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here, now

Note: Nominative singular neuter.

प्रथमम् (prathamam) - first, primary, original

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prathama

prathama - first, foremost, primary, principal

Note: Nominative singular neuter.

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

(indeclinable)

अच्छे (acche) - pure (reality/nature) (pure, clear, transparent)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of accha

accha - pure, clear, transparent, good

Note: Nominative singular neuter, agreeing with 'prathamam' and implicitly 'idam' referring to reality.

कथम् (katham) - how, why

(indeclinable)

आत्मनि (ātmani) - in the Self, in the soul, in the essence

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - Self, soul, essence, breath

Note: Locative singular masculine.

संस्थितम् (saṁsthitam) - established, fixed, placed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saṃsthita

saṁsthita - established, situated, fixed, standing together

Past Passive Participle

From root 'sthā' (to stand) with prefix 'sam-'

Prefix: sam

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Nominative singular neuter, agrees with 'idam prathamam eva acche'.